Investing.com – Israel equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Biomed, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 declined 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 35 were Cellcom Israel Ltd (TA:CEL), which rose 2.50% or 63 points to trade at 2586 at the close. Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 2.16% or 620 points to end at 29290 and Harel (TA:HARL) was up 2.13% or 57 points to 2733 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TA:TSEM), which lost 4.88% or 480 points to trade at 9350 in late trade. Israel Corp (TA:ILCO) declined 3.23% or 2190 points to end at 65550 and Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) shed 2.75% or 890 points to 31500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 262 to 118 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.93% or 0.61 to $64.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.62% or 0.43 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 11.70 to trade at $1330.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.43% to 3.5034, while EUR/ILS fell 0.00% to 4.3265.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 89.40.